Rapid fire gun



April 65. A. J. STANTON ETAL 3,177,772

RAP ID FIRE GUN 45 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June a. 1957 INVENTORS ARTHUR .1. STANTON PHILIAS u. GIROUARD Q Q W ATTORNEYS April 13, 1965 A. J. STANTON ETAL 3,

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INVENTORS ARTHUR J. STANTON PHILIAS H. GIROUARD ATTORNEYS April 13, 1965 A. J. STANTON ETAL 3,177,772

RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 3, 1957 45 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORS ARTHUR J. STANTON PHILIAS H. GIROUARD BY ZZWZW ATTORNEYS FIG.5

April 13, 1965 A. J. STANTON ETAL 3" RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 5, 1957 45 Sheets-Sheet '7 ZIB . ZIB 2 9 ZOI INVENTORS ARTHUR J. STANTON PHILIAS H. GIROUARD jflam Q 3 MM:

ATTORNEYS April 1965 A. J. STANTON ETAL 3,177,772

RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 3, 1957 45 Sheets-Sheet 9 MAGAZINE H8 INVENTORB ARTHUR J. STANTON PHILIAS H. GIROUARD BY Q.

ATTORNEYS April 13, A. .J. STANTON ETAL 3,177,772

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RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 3, 1957 45 Sheets-Sheet 11 MAGAZINE ROUND EXIT END 351 INVENTORS ARTHUR a. STANTON PHILIAS a GIROUARD April 13, 1965 A. J. STANTON ETAL 3,177,772

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RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 3, 1957 45 Sheets-Sheet 1'! INVENTORS ARTHUR J. STANTON PHILIAS H. GIROUARD April 13, 1965 A. J. STANTON ETAL 3,177,772

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RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 3, 1957 45 Sheets-Sheet 19 ROUND ENTRY END 403 Q O Q D 2 III X Ill O O O INVENTORS ARTHUR J. STANTON PHILIAS H. GIROUARD' ATTORNEYS 

1. A UNILEVEL MISSILE HANDLING AND DIRECTING SYSTEM COMPRISING; A CARRIAGE ROTATABLE IN TRAIN, HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED GUN TRUNNIONS, A GUN MOUNTED ON SAID TRUNNIONS FOR MOVEMENT IN ELEVATION, A LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINE MOUNTED ADJACENT THE GUN AND ROTATABLE IN TRAIN AS A UNIT WITH THE CARRIAGE, SAID MAGAZINE INCLUDING MEANS FOR STORING AND MOVING A PLURALITY OF ROUNDS ARRANGED IN IDENTICAL ATTITUDE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE GUN, AND MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY AND SUCCESSIVELY TRANSFERRING ROUNDS TO THE GUN FROM SAID MAGAZINE, SAID MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING ROUNDS TO THE GUN INCLUDING A FAN-SHAPED TRANSFER MECHANISM RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE GUN FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND LOCATED ADJACENT A MAGAZINE ROUND EXIT STATION SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE GUN ELEVATION AXIS THROUGH THE GUN TRUNNIONS, SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM BEING DISPOSED IN A PLANE PARALLEL WITH AND PASSING BENEATH THE AXIS OF THE GUN BARREL AT ALL GUN SETTINGS, ONE END OF SAID TRANSFER MECHANISM DEFINING A ROUND ENTRY FOR RECEIVING SEPARATED ROUNDS IN RAPID SUCCESSION FROM THE MAGAZINE, AND THE OTHER END OF THE TRANSFER MECHANISM DEFINING A ROUND EXIT TO THE GUN WHEREBY INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS MAY BE CONTINUOUSLY AND SUCCESSIVELY FED FROM THE TRANSFER MECHANISM TO THE GUN REGARDLESS OF GUN ELEVATION AND TRAIN. 